Asante (name)

Asante is both an Ashanti surname and a masculine Ashanti given name. Notable people with the Ashanti name include:

As a surname[]

• Akwasi Asante (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Amma Asante (born 1969), British film director and producer
• Amma Asante (politician) (born 1972), Dutch politician
• Anita Asante (born 1985), English footballer
• David Asante (1834-1892), Akan Basel missionary, linguist and educator
• Ernest Asante (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
• Gyearbuor Asante (1941–2000), Ghanaian actor
• Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ghanaian politician
• Kyle Asante (born 1991), English footballer
• Larry Asante (born 1988), American football player
• Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942), American writer, scholar, historian, and philosopher
• M.K. Asante Jr. (born 1982), American writer, filmmaker, and professor
• Okyerema Asante, Ghanaian drummer
• Shaheera Asante (born 1966), British radio and television presenter
• Solomon Asante (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
• Uriah Asante (1992–2016), Ghanaian footballer
• Yaw Asante (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer

As a given name[]

• Asante Blackk (born 2001), American actor
• Asante Cleveland (born 1992), American football player
• Asante Gullit Okyere (born 1988), Italian football player
• Asante Samuel (born 1981), American football player
• Asante Samuel Jr. (born 1999), American football player

In fiction[]

• Mr Asante, a Ghanaian barber shop owner played by Samuel Frimpong in the British web series Corner Shop Show.

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